Teaching pronunciation: Is explicit phonetics instruction beneficial for FL learners?

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 720-744

  Kissling, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accent; Phonetics instruction; Pronunciation; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882635028     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2013.12029.x     Document Type: Article

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